Breast Cancer Staging Prognosis
breast cancer?
my aunt is 52 years old.She was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma, moderately differentiated with size tumor 2.8 to 2.5 to2.4 staus cm.axillary was five lymph node lymph node 22.cancer was positvie of 2nd stage. Surgery was performed for 12 days. But now is not willing to take chemotherapy and radiation fears therapy.She that die if subjected to treatments.I WANT TO KNOW HOW SERIOUS IS YOUR CASE.What the chances of survial or prognosis if he does chemo.What side effects of chemo.help me please. she is very much depressed now.also Where can I find relevant information Internet. I want to know how good prognosis.
I'm sorry about your aunt. Your oncologist will be able to tell your prognosis, but remember that a Prognosis is a prediction, not a guarantee of an individual outcome. Your oncologist can also say that as far as their survival rate is percentage can improve if you have chemotherapy. I was diagnosed in December 2003 with a grade 3 stage 3 breast cancer, my tumor was 2.5 cm, and 13 of 21 lymph nodes were involved, a rather poor prognosis. His 50 years at diagnosis, the same age as her aunt. I can certainly understand their reluctance to receive chemotherapy, I felt the same, but eventually went ahead. Chemo not kill his aunt, or radiation therapy. Are recommended because they extend many, many lives. Be met in 2 months four years since my diagnosis, and so far I am fit and well, with no evidence of cancer. Side effects of chemotherapy vary from person to person. My main side effects were nausea, fatigue and depression. Never actually vomited, such as drugs against the disease are very effective in these days and will be changed or adjusted if the patient is vomiting. Constipation is an unpleasant side effect in the days after each chemotherapy treatment. Many schemes chemotherapy cause hair loss is not pleasant, but quickly grows back. Weight gain is a possibility because of the steroids given to combat nausea, my appetite was enormous. For me and many other side effects were worse until one week after each chemotherapy, and then, although I felt I felt much less tired nausea and near normal (Chemotherapy is usually every three weeks). Of course it is the choice of whether to go to her aunt chemo or not, but Please ensure that it will not kill, and whether it has recommended that due to possibly save or extend their lives. If I can be of further assistance to you or your aunt, please send me an email. Best wishes to both.
